On May 21, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Echo Hawk announced that $38.7 million in Recovery Act funding has been awarded to the Navajo Nation for transportation infrastructure maintenance projects for roads and bridges on the Navajo reservation.

The Assistant Secretary’s press statement on this announcement is available here:

http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/xopa/documents/text/idc009246.pdf

National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
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